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Taiwan Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 21,639   Population 2000 (UN '000) --
Area (km2) 36,223   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 42
Number of Administrative Units 21   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1,030
Number of Urban Extents 10   Number of Settlement Points 89

Taiwan Details

Names
ISO3-Code TWN
Continent Asia
Country Name Taiwan
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type County
Number of Units 21
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1,030
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 19,799
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 20,666
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 21,639
UN Population, 1990 ('000) --
UN Population, 1995 ('000) --
UN Population, 2000 ('000) --
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 36,223
Average Input Resolution (km) 42
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 89
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,634,635
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 30,502
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 178,574
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 10
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 11,240
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 6
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 1,293
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 12,927
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 18,340,854
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,450
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,894,991
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 18,949,913
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 36%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) --
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) --
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 11
Regression-estimated Extents 2
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2000 Population and Housing Census: Statistical tables (Historical comparison: Taiwan-Fukin area, by city/county) http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/census~n/six/lue5/cen8905e.rtf .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
China 2000 County Population Census (CD-ROM). All China Marketing Research Co., LTD.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Social Indicators The Republic of China 2000, UN and Lehman Library, Columbia University;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Kingmen County and Lienkiang County sum to form Kingman-Matsu Area.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
1990 and 1995 population estimates were added to GPW3 units from GPW2 as follows: 1) GPW2 polygons projected to match GPW3 coordinate system with slight adjustment in false northing to compensate for misalignment 2) Converted projected GPW2 polygons to centroids 3) Visually inspected centroids to ensure placement within appropriate GPW3 polygon (verified by comparing to administrative unit names) and moved when necessary 4) Where disaggregation occurred, centroids were copied and pasted to corresponding empty polygons. 5) Performed spatial join in ArcMap to assign GPW2 attributes to the new polygons and assigned the sum of each population attribute if there were multiple centroids within each polygon 6) Inspected data to ensure no data loss 7) Data were converted to lat/long coordinates